Definitely a painful loss in Any Number. Went from one away from perfection to the second piggy bank in as many plays. I didn't expect it, but that 9 call was not good. It did come down to a flip of sorts, but man that sucked; felt bad for Pamela. While there was a lot of show left, at the end of the day it made the difference between 6/6 and 5/6. When Phillip went over in the SCSD, I thought that she might backdoor into the showcase for a chance at redemption, but it didn't work out.
Nice haul for Carly. I remember last year, I believe around this time, the awful luck in Let 'Em Roll ($500 total several times). So it was great to see her win here, and then her big SUV, 2-prize showcase.
As for the structure of the line up, I couldn't agree more. Bleach! For one, I'm never been a fan of a car game 4th, especially when they're not going to offer another car (or even cash) in the 5th and/or 6th game. But a fee car game 4th, IMO, just leads to a less-than-mediocre end to the half pre-SCSD 2. Maybe if they flipped Race Game and Safe Crackers that would've been okay. I'm not sure Any Number & Safe in the same half is a federal crime, but with the conflict, maybe another car game would've been better. JMO.
I wonder if Safe, Roll, Race, Flip, Any, X (if not Safe, Roll, Flip, Race, X, Any# in that order) would've been okay, but lineups aside, it was a great show!